2002A&A...395..169B -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 395, 169-177 (2002/11-3)
Hard X-ray emission from a young massive star-forming cluster.
BEUTHER H., KERP J., PREIBISCH T., STANKE T. and SCHILKE P.
Abstract (from CDS):
We report the detection of hard X-ray emission (>2keV) from a number of point sources associated with the very young massive star-forming region IRAS 19410+2336. The X-ray emission is detected from several sources located around the central and most deeply embedded mm continuum source, which remains undetected in the X-ray regime. All X-ray sources have K-band counterparts, and those likely belonging to the evolving massive cluster show near-infrared colors in the 2MASS data indicative of pre-main-sequence stages. The X-ray luminosities around 1031 erg/s are at the upper end of luminosities known for low-mass pre-main-sequence sources, and mass estimates based on the infrared data indicate that at least some of the X-ray detected sources are intermediate-mass objects. Therefore, we conclude that the X-ray emission is due to intermediate-mass pre-main-sequence Herbig Ae/Be stars or their precursors. The emission process is possibly due to magnetic star-disk interaction as proposed for their low-mass counterparts.
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Journal keyword(s):
accretion, accretion disks - stars: early type - stars: formation - ISM: dust, extinction - mechanisms: thermal radiation
Nomenclature:
Table 1: [BKP2002b] XNN (Nos X1-X13).
Simbad objects:
27
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